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Webster 1913 Edition
Antibacchius
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Anˊti-bac-chi′us
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr.
ἀντί
+ [GREEK]. See Bacchius
.] (Pros.)
A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the last short (#).
Webster 1828 Edition
Antibacchius
ANTIBAC'CHIUS
,Noun.
In poetry, a foot of three syllables, the two first long and the last short, as ambire; opposed to the bacchius, in which the first syllable is short and the two last long. This foot is supposed to be so named from its use in hymns to Bacchus.